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The Sea Is Watching (2002)

Jul 27, 2002 Drama, Romance 1h 59m
59%
User Score
7.0/10
57%
57/100

Overview

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Kei Kumai
Director

Top Billed Cast

Misa Shimizu
Misa Shimizu

Kikuno
Nagiko Tono
Nagiko Tono

O-Shin
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hidetaka Yoshioka

Fusanosuke
Eiji Okuda
Eiji Okuda

Ginji
Miho Tsumiki
Miho Tsumiki

Okichi
Masatoshi Nagase
Masatoshi Nagase

Ryosuke
Michiko Kawai
Michiko Kawai

Osono
Yumiko Nogawa
Yumiko Nogawa

Omine
Tenshi Kamogawa
Tenshi Kamogawa

Umekichi

Full Cast & Crew

Media

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A review by sitenoise
Written on April 8, 2016

The Sea is Watching starts off as an attractive film; rich colors, effective photography, nice framing, fetching prostitutes. Then it goes melodrama, followed by silly, culminating in corny which brought a smile to my face before the surreal kicked in. It never stops looking good, though.

There's nothing new or groundbreaking story-wise. It's a charming, sometimes funny, bittersweet tale of the inhabitants of a samurai-era brothel whose entire district ends up under water. Plot-wise it focuses on the love lives of two of the working girls: Kikuno (Misa Shimizu) plays an elder to the younger girls and enjoys being the object of pursuit, never giving in to the suitors who want to take care of her and take her for their very own; and Oshin (Nagiko Tono) who seems to fall in love with every...

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